Charles Ellingworth

To arrive in Istanbul by sail is one of life’s special experiences. The modern city is vast – the sixth largest in the world – and the out...

I visited a tree that was planted by my parents exactly twenty five years ago. It is  now so big that I can't put my arms around the tru...

You have been through an hour-and-a-half of emotional manipulation. The playwright, the director and actors have come together to create a w...

I have just finished Another Great Day at Sea by Geoff Dyer, a writer who refuses to be put in any box. He segues between fiction and non-fi...

Galileo was tortured by the inquisition for holding views on the solar system that the Catholic Church refused to accept. Right? No actually...

The Gallipoli campaign is always painted as folly: folly in a distracting sideshow from the real anvil of the war, the Western Front: folly ...

A subtle and interesting article on Nick Clegg by Edward Docx whose writing is always worth reading. He is sympathetic to Clegg who he sees ...